It will be quite a day/

When we are shocked/

to hear of dehumanization/

the day distinctions that/

parse hate into a salubrious gaze/

unseeing/

the real deal of making the neighbor less/

may be the order of this day/

but I declare/

quite a day is coming/

On it we will hardly be believed/

though we will cite evidence/

build museums/

tell the truth/

that once we lived the fabric of tolerating/

evil/

weaved the essence of dehumanization/

like butter wouldn’t melt in our mouths/

in our churches/

schools/

families/

the day will come/

quite a day/

when our privilege unmasked is unimaginable/

and the very thought of who we are now/

will make the children/

weep

 

Some days/ I run into myself/ Like  a character in the old cartoons/ bang into the wall of me/ my stuff is impenetrable/ and I bounce off of it/ unable to budge or break through/ lately I see it happening/ feel the familiar bruising/ say to myself this is what you do darling/ you eat yourself alive/ you work too hard and eat your liver/ knowing that like some mythic/ small god of fire/ you will…

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